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The Buster Sword-The pokey metal thing of DOOM!
The Buster Sword was a weapon that Zack kept at the least from the beginning of the Nibelheim mansion. You usually see it hanging off his back in the flashbacks he has.
How did Cloud get it?
How did Cloud get the Buster Sword? As I mentioned before, he stole it. However, he wasn't in his right mind when he did. He was under severe Mako poisoning when he did.
A little bit before Cloud got the sword, Zack and Cloud were in Nibelheim, in Shinra Mansion, undergoing extreme Mako and Jenova treatments. It didn't bother Zack, but it critically injured Cloud's mind. After about five years or so of being in the Mako containers, they finally escaped during 'feeding time'. (All Zack had to do was knock the guy out....) He helped get Cloud out of his container. Cloud fell to his knees when he got out, while Zack was getting his Buster Sword, which was located beside a desk right in front of the Mako containers.
Cloud was unable to walk, so Zack had to carry him out of Nibelheim. He gave Cloud an extra set of clothes, which explains where Cloud got the SOLDIER clothing when he reached Midgar....
Zack managed to hitchhike with an old man with a truck. While in the cab, Zack started talking to Cloud about what he was going to do when he got to Midgar. First, he talked about going to his girlfriend's house-Aeris's house, by how he described it. He then mentioned she still lived with her mother, so that wouldn't work. He then thought for several minutes, and came up with a plan. To become a Mercenary. "Easy jobs, dangerous jobs, anything for the money," He told Cloud, who was still unable to speak.
Despite all the talk of the future, Zack wasn't very lucky. Shinra quickly found out about the two escaping, and sent a troop of Shinra guards after them. They reached Midgar without any problems, but the trouble started once they were on a hill beside the capital town. The Shinra guards followed him. Zack sensed them, and attacked them. He possibly killed a few, but went back to check on Cloud, unable to walk, just laying there on the grass. Fatal mistake on Zack's part; for he was shot in the head, and knocked backwards. He may have been alive at that point-but the Shinra guards shot him again, to ensure death. At this, they walked away from the corpse of Zack. (*sob*)
They then came across the helpless Cloud, only a few feet away, still laying there. One of the lower guards asked the red clothed commander whether they should shoot him too. The commander told him no, that he wasn't a threat.
After those words, they left. It started to rain at this time. Cloud crawled over to Zack, and grabbed to the sword, struggling to pull it up. When he did, he seemed to be in anguish. Holding it up with all his strength, slightly shivering.... the tale of how Cloud recieved the Buster Sword....
The Buster Sword. The sword that all Final Fantasy VII fans know from the start. The sword that that Cloud takes out any time he feels threatened. The sword Cloud stole.